| United Kingdom Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice | |
|---|---|
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| Ministry of Justice | |
| Style | Minister |
| Nominator | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
| Appointer | The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
| Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| Website | Official website |
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice is a junior position in the Ministry of Justice in the British Government. The present incumbent is Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede.
The Government website sets out the current Minister's responsibilities in the Ministry of Justice as: [1]
The Ministry of Justice is the government department responsible for overseeing the Crown Dependencies with the Secretary of State for Justice (Lord Chancellor) being the privy counsellor responsible for the Dependencies. [2] However the day to day duties are handled by the Under-Secretary of State for Justice, who is a less senior minister in the Ministry of Justice. [3]
| Minister | Term of office | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice | |||||
 | Maria Eagle [4] | 2 July 2007 | 9 June 2009 | Labour | |
 | The Lord Hunt of Kings Heath [5] | 2 July 2007 | 5 October 2008 | ||
 | Bridget Prentice [6] | 2 July 2007 | 11 May 2010 | ||
 | The Baroness Ashton of Upholland [7] | 8 May 2007 | 27 June 2007 | ||
 | Shahid Malik [8] | 4 October 2008 | 15 May 2009 | ||
 | The Lord Bach [9] | 5 October 2008 | 11 May 2010 | ||
 | Claire Ward [10] | 15 May 2009 | 11 May 2010 | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Courts and Legal Aid [11] | |||||
 | Jonathan Djanogly [12] [11] | 11 May 2010 | 4 September 2012 | Conservative | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Courts and Victims [13] | |||||
 | Helen Grant [13] | 4 September 2012 | 7 October 2013 | Conservative | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Courts and Legal Aid [11] | |||||
 | Shailesh Vara [11] | 7 October 2013 | 17 July 2016 | Conservative | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Civil Liberties and Human Rights [14] | |||||
 | Dominic Raab | 12 May 2015 | 16 July 2016 | Conservative | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Family Justice | |||||
 | Caroline Dinenage | 8 May 2015 | 16 July 2016 | Conservative | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims, Youth and Family Justice | |||||
 | Phillip Lee | 17 July 2016 | 12 June 2018 | Conservative | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice | |||||
 | Lucy Frazer | 9 January 2018 | 9 May 2019 | Conservative | |
 | Paul Maynard | 9 May 2019 | 26 July 2019 | ||
 | Edward Argar | 14 June 2018 | 10 September 2019 | ||
 | Wendy Morton | 26 July 2019 | 13 February 2020 | ||
 | Alex Chalk | 14 February 2020 | 16 September 2021 | ||
 | The Lord Wolfson of Tredegar | 22 December 2020 | 13 April 2022 | ||
 | James Cartlidge | 16 September 2021 | 7 July 2022 | ||
 | The Lord Bellamy | 7 July 2022 | 5 July 2024 | ||
 | The Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede | 9 July 2024 | Incumbent | Labour | |
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